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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off from got geoint? As we kick off the work week on this special day (Halloween anyone?), we are reminded that, while many are preparing their children for this special evening or attending Halloween parties at their kids’ schools, the GEOINT news cycle still hums along. We have never had a MMNKO post where we were short on news. Why? Because GEOINT pretty much permeates every aspect of our lives. And our faithful readers can see this first hand in today’s post. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Halloween!

NASA Launches Latest Earth-Observing Satellite
An Earth-observing satellite was blasted into space early Friday on a dual mission to improve weather forecasts and monitor climate change.

Student-Made Satellites Launch into Space
Students at the University of Michigan got to see two satellites they built blast into space on Friday.

Google Street View Takes Cameras Indoors
Google Street View will now go inside buildings, as part of a pilot project involving select shops and businesses.

Hackers Targeted U.S. Government Satellites
Hackers interfered with the operation of two U.S. government satellites in 2007 and 2008, according to a report to be released next month from a congressional commission.

China Denies Hacking U.S. Satellites
Today, Beijing denied a U.S. commission’s claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on U.S. environment-monitoring satellites.

DARPA Held Search-and-Rescue Challenge
DARPA placed 10 red weather balloons at different locations around the continental United States, and scientists hunted down the balloons to showcase best strategies for mobilizing a society.

Spy Satellite Engineer’s Top Secret Is Revealed
NPR feature on an engineer’s work on the KH-9 Hexagon.

NTT GEOSPACE Launches New DigitalGlobe-Powered Geospatial Intelligence Service in Japan
DigitalGlobe today announced that NTT GEOSPACE has launched a new online geospatial intelligence service powered by DigitalGlobe

CACI Awarded $350 Million in Previously Unannounced Intelligence Contracts
CACI announced today that it has been awarded approximately $350 million in previously unannounced contracts with federal government clients in the Intelligence Community (IC).

Harris Corporation to Participate in NGA Mentor-Protégé Program
Harris Corporation has been selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to participate in a mentor-protégé program with Spatial Data Integrations.

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